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“Had a number of opportunities to play professionally over in Europe straight out of high school, but he decided to come over here to the U.S., to play in college . . . 4.0 student and extremely smart, especially on the basketball court . . . epitome of a European No. 4-No. 3 position player who’s 6-foot-7, strong and can shoot the ball, handle the ball and pass the ball with ease . . . really knows how to play . . . skilled and can beat you in a lot of different ways.”
 
Senior (2018-19):



Junior (2017-18):  Transferred to Samford from Missouri State-West Plains


 
Prior to Samford:  In 2016-17, he competing for the Missouri State-West Plains Grizzlies and started in 27 games . . . averaged 13.9 points and 6.1 rebounds per contest . . . shot 49 percent from the field and 86.7 percent from the free-throw line . . . spent his freshman season at Odessa Community College where he earned playing time in 12 games . . . turned in a brilliant 56-percent shooting mark from the field and didn’t miss a single free throw on the year.
 
Personal:  Highly-skilled, 6-foot-7 forward from Visegrad, Bosnia.